Global Patent Index - EP 2134617 B1

EP 2134617 B1 20110427 - CAP FOR SPILL-PROOF BEVERAGE CONTAINER

Title (en)

CAP FOR SPILL-PROOF BEVERAGE CONTAINER

Title (de)

KAPPE FÜR EINEN GEGEN VERSCHÜTTEN GESICHERTEN BEHÄLTER

Title (fr)

CAPUCHON POUR RÉCIPIENT DE BOISSON ANTI-GOUTTES

Publication

EP 2134617 B1 20110427 (EN)

Application

EP 08719094 A 20080409

Priority

  • GB 2008050249 W 20080409
  • GB 0707156 A 20070413

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2010044386A1] A cap is described for closing a liquid beverage container for allowing the beverage to be sucked out of the container through a spout, while preventing spillage when no suction takes place. A demand valve is incorporated into the cap, which has an inlet port communicating with the interior of the container, a discharge port communicating with the spout and a control port communicating with the ambient atmosphere through a hole in the cap. The valve has a valve seat and a closure element controlling the flow from the inlet port to the discharge port urged to move into an opening position in dependence on the excess of the control pressures over that in the discharge ports, this movement being in the direction opposed to the flow and urged by the pressure in the container in a direction to seal against the valve seat. In the invention, the demand valve is formed by two members that are mounted on the inner surface of the cap. The first member is rigid and defines the valve inlet port and the valve seat. The second member incorporates the valve closure element and a resilient membrane which includes the valve closure element and serves as a pressure sensitive diaphragm. The second member also seals against the first member, around the hole in the cap and around the spout.

IPC 8 full level

B65D 47/20 (2006.01); A47G 19/22 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP GB KR US)

A47G 19/22 (2013.01 - GB KR); A47G 19/2266 (2013.01 - GB); A47G 19/2272 (2013.01 - EP GB US); B65D 47/00 (2013.01 - GB); B65D 47/04 (2013.01 - GB); B65D 47/06 (2013.01 - GB); B65D 47/20 (2013.01 - KR); B65D 47/2062 (2013.01 - EP US); B65D 47/32 (2013.01 - GB)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2010044386 A1 20100225; US 8403164 B2 20130326; AT E507158 T1 20110515; AU 2008237682 A1 20081023; AU 2008237682 B2 20120920; CA 2683856 A1 20081023; CA 2683856 C 20150210; CN 101657360 A 20100224; CN 101657360 B 20130605; DE 602008006538 D1 20110609; EP 2134617 A1 20091223; EP 2134617 B1 20110427; ES 2365112 T3 20110922; GB 0707156 D0 20070523; GB 2448296 A 20081015; JP 2010523422 A 20100715; JP 5041560 B2 20121003; KR 101134775 B1 20120413; KR 20090123958 A 20091202; MX 2009011083 A 20091102; NZ 580717 A 20110527; PL 2134617 T3 20111031; RU 2009140687 A 20110520; RU 2424963 C1 20110727; WO 2008125877 A1 20081023

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 59564508 A 20080409; AT 08719094 T 20080409; AU 2008237682 A 20080409; CA 2683856 A 20080409; CN 200880011664 A 20080409; DE 602008006538 T 20080409; EP 08719094 A 20080409; ES 08719094 T 20080409; GB 0707156 A 20070413; GB 2008050249 W 20080409; JP 2010502583 A 20080409; KR 20097021719 A 20080409; MX 2009011083 A 20080409; NZ 58071708 A 20080409; PL 08719094 T 20080409; RU 2009140687 A 20080409